Boing Boing » seriously http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:32:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 TSA terminates its contract with Rapiscan, maker of pornoscanners http://boingboing.net/2013/01/18/tsa-terminates-its-contract-wi.html http://boingboing.net/2013/01/18/tsa-terminates-its-contract-wi.html#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:38:05 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=206494 TSA gave Rapiscan until June 2013 to come up with a software upgrade to prevent the scanner from projecting the naked image.]]> The TSA has given the boot to Rapiscan, maker of about half of the pornoscanners in use in America's airports:

TSA gave Rapiscan until June 2013 to come up with a software upgrade to prevent the scanner from projecting the naked image. TSA officials said Rapiscan won't be able to meet that deadline.

"TSA has strict requirements that all vendors must meet for security effectiveness and efficiency since the use of this technology is critical to TSA’s efforts to keep the traveling public safe," the TSA said in a statement.

Yes, they seriously named their pornoscanner company "Rapiscan." Seriously.

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